The SACM is committed to giving our students the best possible practical and professional experience towards their future careers. To this end, the SACM hosts weekly evening concerts at the Baxter Concert Hall. There are also several annual competitions where students compete for bursaries and prizes.
The following competitions are organised by the SACM Piano Division (Assoc Prof Francois du Toit and Dr Esthea Kruger):
Laura Searle Prize for Piano Concerto Playing
Lionel Bowman Prize for the best performance of a work by Beethoven
James de Villiers Prize for the best performance of a Romantic work
Robert Andrews Prize for the best performance of a work composed in the last hundred years by a composer from the Southern Hemisphere
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